Crafts

NIADA, Dedicated to the Art of the Doll

How to make fairy wings for dolls out of polymer clay.

Showcase featuring scenes and figures. Also contains information on historic costumes for fashion dolls.

Work by Jenny Cox featuring jewelry, beads, dolls, angels, fairies, mermaids, and wizards.

Chinese foods and street vendor scene handcrafted by Bertha Wong.

Finely detailed Victorian house designs. Includes a miniature house series. Historical information about each house is included in the chartpaks.

Offers updated versions of nostalgic designs for cross stitch and needlepoint. Includes shop locator.

Marielle Zang Pujol presents her nature, animal and seasonal designs.

Offers cross stitch patterns with designs inspired by 18th and 19th century samplers and show towels.

Free original cross stitch patterns for both beginner and experienced stitchers.

Region area includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Our purpose is to foster standards of excellence in the practice of embroidery through an active program of education.

Aims to impart the satisfaction of working with fabric and threads, and the excitement of exploring the design process. Affiliated with the Embroiderers' Guild, UK.

International guild with information on chapters, activities, awards, and seminars.

Temari book author, Barbara B. Suess, shares temari photos by level of stitching, free temari patterns and book information.

A forum for students and teachers of the Japanese Embroidery Center in Georgia, USA.

Sashiko design, instruction and gallery. Kofu (traditional fabric) gallery.

Non profit organization for needlepoint (including most handwork on evenweave). Events, national and chapter information, "Needle Pointers" magazine, correspondence courses, certification for teaching and judging.

Vikki Leigh Martin holds sewing and millinery classes for students of all levels in Southland Australia.

Martha Pullen heirloom sewing technique. Teaching the use of the Brother, Babylock, Bernina, Pfaff and Viking machines and their respective software. Located in Fountain Valley, California.

Free patterns including adult bibs, isolette covers, and wheelchair totes.

Designs, project pictures and other hobbies of interest. Also beginner digitizing and Noah's Ark set.

Free designs to download in PES format.

Provides workshops, classes, and creative resources for book arts, bookmaking, bookbinding, handmade paper, photography, and writing.

Artist-run organisation organises exhibitions,publications and a touring "Bookmobile". Offers consultancy on developing collections of artists' books to institutions.Links to members and collecting institutions.

A chapter of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild.

Diagrams and gallery of many geometric models.

Gallery of models and patterns.

The purpose of the group is to provide mutual support for hand papermakers through the exchange of ideas and information, discussion and demonstration.

Group for those in western Washington and British Columbia.

Wool show and sale. Fiber competitions for children and adults. Sacramento, California

Yearly fiber festival. Classes for all fiber arts. Vendor list. Registration information. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

Class information and registration form. Vendor policy and form. Seguin, Texas

Annual wool and fiber event. List of workshops and instructors. Vendor information. Tunbridge, Vermont

Festival history. Fashion show. Demonstrations, competitions, vendor information and forms. Osage Beach, Missouri

Technical overview of properties of soap versus detergent, scouring, felting, and fulling in textile mills.

By-mail international guild publishes member-contributed journal on study group subjects. Lending library, gallery, information on annual meeting.

Mailing list - Leslie Carroll

Fiber artist designs hand woven silk ikat and wool clothing - handmade from yarn to fabric, then to finished clothing.

Musician and weaver. Information on workshops, teaching schedule, music recordings.

Weaver in Prince George, British Columbia shares a gallery of the artist's works, workshop schedule, essays and how-to information for weavers.

Weaver of blankets and throws on 1940s vintage dobby looms. Retail blankets and custom weaving available.

An Italian weaver's travelogue in Ghana.

Experienced handweaver showcases clothing, accessories and gives show information.

Artist producing primarily landscapes. Background and photos of works.

A fiber artist specializing in three-dimensional, hand-woven tapestries. Includes gallery, biography and information on commissioning a custom work.

Tapestry artist from Denmark. Includes statement and process, picture gallery and catalogue of available work.

Dedicated to weaving and mixed media art; includes a portfolio and description of workshop and weaving lessons.

Specializes in detailed and realistic wildfowls carvings.

Works include relief carvings, carved doors, mantles, signs and wood sculptures by Robert Whitehead.

Chainsaw carvings of North American mammals.